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A high-ranking member of the Air Force's procurement office with a mandate to repair his department's reputation died in an apparent suicide, two weeks after a newspaper reported he accepted more than $26,000 from a private contractor. Civilian official Charles D. Riechers, 47, was found dead at his home on Sunday night after …

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  1. Alex

    allegedly.....

    three men were seen leaving the scene wearing tin foil suits and were last seen boarding a dark coloured helicopter...

    ...allegedly?

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  2. Conrado Buhrer
    Dead Vulture

    26k for a 6bn deal, where can I get that kind of service?

    Granted... this is wrong, but its still a deal from heaven, if he gets caught he suicides too... something smell fishy to me.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Black Helicopters

    either incredible luck

    or he was murdered guys like that don't commit suicide this stretches credulity way past breaking they usually get more than a 26k "commission" on the deal too if previous examples are any indication. Whats a little contract brokering among friends not worth killing yourself for even in these odd days.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Black Helicopters

    Extreme Prejudice

    Enough said........

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  5. Pascal Monett Silver badge

    What a loser

    Out of billions of dollars he didn't manage to make even one lousy million in commission ? It's the shame that killed him, all right. The shame of being a lousy businessman.

    Now I'm waiting to hear about how it was a suicide even though his hands were tightly tied behind his back, his neck was strangled with a nylon cord attached to the rear headset, and after doing all that, he still managed to start the car AND shoot himself in the head. Twice.

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  6. Vladimir Plouzhnikov

    Suicide alright

    My guess is he chose to set his feet in a bucket of concrete and then jumped off a bridge...

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  7. Jamie

    Good guy

    He was not a loser, if you don't know him you shouldn't judge. It's obvious he was put in a bad place. This is a terrible loss for the Air Force. This article also does not include complete accurate information.

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  8. Chris

    Al Yamamah

    I'm sure the yanks will still want to investigate the BAE - saudi alleged corruption in a bid to ensure all corruption in future US arms deals stays at home...

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